bush in that race, even though he got smacked down with that "you're no jack kennedy" line, because he took the fight to michael dukakis and that's the bottom line that you hear from people who have been through these debates, is that the key for vice presidential candidates, guys, is for them to focus their fire not on the counter pa counterpart standing across the stage from them but rather, on the top of the other ticket. you can expect joe biden's going to be very aggressive in going after mitt romney, perhaps using paul ryan and his budget plan to do that. and paul ryan's going to return the favor and go after barack obama. it is going to be an interesting night here in danville, center college which has hosted these debates before. guys? >> john, we look forward to seeing it upon thsee ing it tonight. >>> more on the sprint news this morning, former president and ceo of verizon wireless and author of "managers can you hear me now," denny stregl, good to see you. first i want to start off with the sprint news. should a deal proceed between softbank and sprint, how will that change